Switzerland (22 to 26 Dec 2006)

Guess you folks back home must have read/heard about the fog in London. Yes it was very terrible, basically once you stepped out of the house, you can't see anything more than 50m. In fact, you can't even see Canary Wharf from where we are staying (check out the photos).

Our flight got delayed for a day. This after fighting to get a transfer to another Zurich flight at Luton (taxi fare S$450 from London City Airport). We were told of the cancellation and postponement after getting onto the plane! We finally left London for Zurich at 12noon Sat, a good 30 hours from our initial booking.

We finally get into Zurich, from there we took a train to Zermatt (good 4.5 hours away). Zermatt is simply too beautiful, although it's very commercialised. Matterhorn, in life, looks so much prettier than what I see in photos. 2 days of skiing took its toll on us as we left with swollen calves and tired arms. But it's definitely worth it and we will definitely want to return to Zermatt soon!